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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
GillSbOrO.

HILLsBoRO, OAK, April 1.-Gov. Church
has appointed John De Groat member of the
North Dakota agricultural board Mr.. De
Groat has been resident of this place for
seven years, a member of the board of county
commissioners and life long Democrat.
The Hillsboro National bank has secured q
site and will build brick structure 50XSO
commencing at once. The North Dakota
Roller mills, E. NJ. Titcomb, manager. have
closed thc.contract for a Al, 900 bushel elevator
to be erected at once Part of the lumber is
on the grounds This makes the fifth elevator
for Hllsboro. The Farmers Union elevator,
of $4,000 capacity, will be commenced about
May 1. Who will build elevator No Z? Hills
boro will have storage capacity of over $780,
600 bushels. The annual meeting of the
Hillsboro Driving Park association will be
held Thursday, April 5. The association has
thirty acres inclosed with an eight foot tight
board fence, containing fine half-mile track
aud about fifty first class box stalls. The
June meeting promises much, and the prem
iums will be large. Hillsboro offers liberal
bonus for a first-class hotel. A better pay
ing location cannot be found.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
THE PEOPLES WILL.
Senator Allison speaks Briefly
Upon the Question of Admission.

Upon the Question of Admission.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-Senator Alli-
son, of Iowa, who is prominently men
toned as the probable candidate of his
party for the presidency in 1888, recently
said to a friend:
The action of Dakota's legislature in caus-
ing the vexed subject Of division to be 81 b.
United to the people will probably remove the
last vestige of opposition TO the admission Of
that empire to the Union. Hitherto her
friends have been met with the unanswcr-
able objection that to divide and admit one
portion of the territory would be arbitrary.
Of course to many senators and representa-
tiyeS that objection of no particular
moment, but it was logically unanswerable.
The best endeavorS were made by Senator
Harrison and others to recognize the SEEM
ingly unquestioned will of the people by the
recognition of the senators who presented
their credentials to the senate, as we'll as by
such statements and arguments as could be
brought 10 bear. But the fact remained that
there was no regularly expressed will of the
people which could be considered in every
sense unobjectiolabie. ] have no means of
knowing enough of the actual condition of the
wishes and desires of the people of the terri
tory to express an opinion as TO the probable
outcome of their votes upon the subject. If
] had any definite idea upon the subject it
would be unbecoming in Inc to give express
sion 10 it. The residents of Dakota are fully
able to express their opinions upon the stump
and at the ballot-boX without the interfer-
ence or suggestions Of outsiders.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
THE sEVERALTY LAW.
1t Does Not Direct Action Ola Any
Particular Reservation.

1t Docs Not Direct Action Ola ANY
Particular Reservation.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, April Numerous in
quiries are received by residents OF this city
and by the Indian office of the interior de-
partment. concerning the law granting
lands in severalty to the Indians. The i'm
preston exists judging from the tone of
the letters received, that the bill in question
will operate to the benefit of the people of
Dakota by causing the opening of the Sioux
Indian reservation, Notwithstanding the
fact that the other bill, which was intended
for that purpose, failed of passage. The
first and general reply to all inquiries upon
the subject must be that the severalty law
does not contain any clause which may be
interpreted as directing any action concern
ing the Indians of any particular reserva-
ton, and hence no action concerning the
Sioux is specified. Yet there is clause in
the severalty law which may inure to the
benefit of the people on either side of the
reservation. 1t is in the power of the
president to direct the secretary of the in
terror to negotiate with that Indian tribe
for the
PURCHASE AND RELEASE
bv said tribe. in conformity with the treaty
or statute under which such reservation is
held. of such portions of its reservation not
allotted as such tribe shall, from time to
time. consent TO sell OH such terms and con-
dtions as shall be considered just and equi-
cable between the United States and said
tribe of Indians, which purchase shall not
hA onmnlete until ratified by congress. But
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02

for there are one or two indifferent" candl-
dates in the field who will give the nomi-
nees on both tickets pretty close tussel
for clerk and treasurer. The aldermen on
both tickets are pulling" for their contest
over-a seat in the city council-with
chances pretty evenly divided among them.
1t would not be safe to bank on the proba-
bic result. The temperance people are
busy and doing everything possible for the
success of the law and order ticket. Pub
lie meetings have been held all the week,
and they will be at the polls to labor with
the voters in the interests of their ticket
Indeed the indications point to the liyeliest
city election next Tuesday known in HUI
rnn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Maj. Edwards for Mayor.

FARGO, Oak, April AT the straight
Republican delegate convention, tonight,
Maj. A. w. Edwards was unanimously
nominated for mayor. A. T. Shotwell for
treasurer and w. III. Barnett for police
justice, the latter two present incumbents.
There was large attendance of citizens
and considerable enthusiasm. The sup
porters of the ticket claim its election by
large majority. The canvass will be short
and heated
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
NO Secretary Chosen.

Special 10 the Globe.
FARGO, April 1.-The old board of terri
torial railroad commissioners met to-day
and transferred affairs to the new board,
which organized with Capt. Griggs as
chairman. Five ballots were taken for
secretary. without choice. The conven-
ton adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman, doing no other business.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Church Has a Backbone.

Devil Lake News.
Church must have backbone of his own.
When importuned to approve the capital COM
mission bill as passed with Stewards amend
ment by the house and council it is reported
that he said he would not approve any bill
providing for paying outstanding warrants
out of the general fund, if President Cleye
land asked him to do. AS Grover is not in
terested. as we know of, in the matter, there
is hardly probability of his having a thank
less child -
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02

confectionery store in this city ...J. c. Waee,
who was appointed by Gov. Church as MEM
Der of the board of agriculture for North Da-
kota, in notice to the farmers of North Da-
kota says that he cannot work with the board
because the majority of the appointees are
merely representatives of the new Democ-
racy" and are lawyers. He declines to ac-
cept. and has forwarded his resignation to
the gOYernOr
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Mccormack in the Interim.
Mitchell Republican.

MItCntII fltpu DIIUaH
Bismarck advices are to the effect that
Auditor Ward is to be really acting governor
in Church's absence. This will not have
tendency to heal the breach between Church
and McCormack-if it is the case, which we
doubt very much. The organic act is pretty
stout thing for even Gov. Church to Set up
his personal preferences against. 1t will be
Gov Mccormack in the interim.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
WafertOWn.
Snecial to the Globe.

WATERFOWL, April Mrs. A. C. Melletts
has issued invitations for grand reception,
to be given to the ladies only, tomorrow
night. City politics is quiet there being
three or four candidates who are making a
still hunt for mayor, and as many more for
city treasurer Farmers are preparing the
ground for seed, and will commence sowing
next week.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Advised to Stick.
Huron De

Huron DemOCVdt.
The wave of prosperity is travelling west
ward Already it has reached the eastern
borders of Dakota. In a few weeks or
months at the farthest, it will awaken and
electrify the whole territory. The best advice
to every homesteader, every claimholder,
every owner of property in Dakota is con-
tanned in one word-Stick!
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Burned in Effigy.
Snnnial 10 the GIOhn

FARGO, OAK, April EARLY this after
noon an alarm of fire Was started by the
Northern Pacific engines which proved to
be the burning of an effigy, said to re-
present late master in the shops of that
road. 1t was the act of employees whose
i'll will he had incurred
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Reflects Credit on Him.

BattItgato SeNtIHtI
In the appointment Of E. S. Tyler, of Fargo,
to the responsible position of examiner for
North Dakota we think Gov. Church made a
selection that reflects credit on him. Mr.,
Tyler has the reputation as being one of the
most upright and honorable men in the Red
river valley and with the necessary ability to
carry out the duties of the office satisfactory
q tie neOnla.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
The GIG Day Democrats.

The GIG day Democrats in Brookings county
expected aud received nothing from the
great L Am. now in the governors chair at
Bismarck, and they will manage to crawl
along the pathway of life as before. without
the aid of 35-cent trusteeships so freely dis
t~ibuted by Him among Republicans and
mugwumps. But what's the matter with the
two Democrats in this county who signed the
petition for his appointment as governor?
Why is this brace Of lambs still unprotected
from the chilly blasts?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
What Kind of Heads.

TttIIS
The name Dakota has been placed under
the microscope of the etymologist and has
been found to mean ''many heads" The
question now is, what kind of heads are
meant? AS a possible solution, might we
s1ppeSt dead heads?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Unfortunate in Their Selections.

UTuIlU ItdpIOS JUL hui.
1t seems strange that the bill introduced
into the last legislature Of our territory
throwing out stronger Safeguards against di-
vorces did not pass. Perhaps it was owing to
the personale of the legislature itself. If so,
some OF them must have been very unfortun-
ate in their selections of better halves.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Got what they Asked For,
Dunseith Times.

DunSeith Times.
Seems 10 have been ''get there Uline'' at
Bismarck during the late unpleasantness, for
the colonel and the Manitoba road, with which
he is identified, got just what they asked for.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
A Practical Joker.
Volga Tribune

Volga Tribune.
Our new governor is joker, and practi-
cal Joker, at that. We are led TO this belief
by the nature OF some of his appointments.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
fake the Chicago.

st. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
for Washburn. Direct trains leave Mime
apoliS and st. Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
They value Their scalps.

Dunseith Times.
Should Gov. Church allow US to organize q
cavalry company here there need never be
any more fear of Indian troubles in this
country. Talk is cheap, but all parties value
their scalpS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
pots, which can be most eligibly located
ABOVE the town, making mile and half
OF street car connection.
RAPID CITY POLITICS

hAFID CITY PULITICS
are III state OF eruption since the liquor
wing OF the common council injected COM
bustibles and explosives in the acts of the
reVolutlonary rump thereof. There is
likely to be fight of Republicans straight
vs. conglomerate of Democrats and LIQUOR
men. You may look confidently for some
Inlng that you do not expect next week.
There's blood Oh the moon down there.
TWICEHOP.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
The People Must Remain ignorant

The laws passed by the Minnesota legisla-
ture have been printed ana circulated in the
feest of peysspaper pplements The Da-
kota iegisiature refused to 1naEe sfbetif
appropriation required to secure the circula-
ton OF its acts in the same manner. and the
people must for months remain ignorant Of
the nature of the laws that govern them.
The Dakota Legislature was not backward
however, in expanding the peoples money
where it would do them less good.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
Temperance Work in Dakota.

Rapid City Journal.
aThat the temperance workers of Dakota will
make general movement in the territory
this year to secure vote upon the local on-
ton question next November in many
counties as possible there can be no doubt.
Various plans of campaign have been sug-
gested, among which is one to form terrtor-
ia district and county councils, inviting all
existing temperance societies to join, with
the special object of having petitions signed
and presented to the commissioners Of the
various counties in September and to have
the question of license or no license submitted
to vote.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
TIE DAKOTA PRESS.
CandO Tribune.
Better Than Expected.

OdIUU IFIUUHG
Now that the legislature has adjourned, one
experiences a comfortable feeling Of relief
from the unpleasant apprehension that it
would burden the statutes of the terri
tory with mass of foolish legisla-
ton. There was good foundation for
this apprehension, as this was under
stood to be Il granger legislature" a
large proportion of the members being
farmers and each one going to the capitol
loaded with bills intended to inaugurate i'm
mediate and aggressive reform. But being
largely young men, unused TO legislative
business. they have been partly held IN check
by older heads, and partly Influenced by
lobbyists, so on the whole, although they
have passed many foolish and imperative
laws. the average is much better than we had
reason to expect.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-28
Endurance of Railroad Ties.

The supply of railroad ties is matter
of growing Importance for the New Eng
land farmer. and certain experiments
made at the suggestion of Professor Sar-
gent by the Boston and Providence rail
road have an important bearing on it.
FGfty-two ties were laid in December,
1878, ON a track in Boston where the
traffic is very heavy, having an average
of sixty-tive trains daily. Ten kinds of
wood Were tried, five in the natural state
and five creosoted. None of the ties
rotted, except one of the ailantus; the
others that had to be removed had been
injured by the hammering of the trains.
Spruce, hemlock, hrch and south
ern pine have all suffered badly
in this way. White oak lasted
well, but it holds the spikes so firmly that
they cannot be drawn when the rails
have to be shifted. Creosoted elm and
birch did well, and are to be recon-
mended. Chestnut was, unfortunately,
not included i'm the experiment, although
it is considered one of the best woods for
ties. The behavior of the catalpa was
one of the most interesting features of the
case; it has been highly spoken of for ties
ON account of its practical indestructi-
bility when placed in the soil. and all the
ties of this wood here tried are still sound.
except just under the rails, where they
are crushed nearly to pulp, so as to be of
no service whatever for roads of heavy
traffic.--Science.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-28
Interesting Game with Letters.

We divide the company into as many
groups as there are boxes of letters, pro-
viding table for each. The letters are
turned out face downward around a
small open space in the center called the
pool. The first player takes a letter from
any part of the table, and if he can form
a word he places it in front of him and
draws again; if not he says, Pass, !"
and puts the letter in the pool. Every
word formed entities to another draw. |,
o and A are classed as words.
The next player takes n letter up, and
if he can form combination with that
letter, his neighbor's words or the letters
in the pool, he makes it for himself and
draws again. 1t is always best to use the
pool and the words of the other players
before drawing, for if the letter taken Is
unavailable, a chance is lost. To make
the game more clear, suppose n player
has formed the word s.suIp," and an
other takes up the letter h; this gives the
opportunity of taking it and making it
..mush." Another may have ''tun;" a
k will transform it into ''tunk. good
dictionary word. Slang and plurais are
not allowable; neither is it allowable to
form two words with the pool, your own
letters. and one word taken. Ten words
form the game, which grows very excit-
ing, as many of the players have word
after word taken away from them when
near the goal. -sHarper's Bazaar.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-28
HOW NOVEL WRITING PAYS.

Securing a Publisher is One Thing, SCI
curing Sales is Quite Another.
Getting books published is one thing;
getting them sold is quite another. Little
as Trollope made by his first literary ven
lures, he probably made more than his
publishers. They were not success De-
cause the public refused to buy them, and
If Troilope had not been man OF logged
resolution he would have given in long
before the tide turned. 1t by no means
follows, however, that every one who per-
severes with equal resolution will be
equally successful, or, indeed, achieve any
success Mt ALL for though by practice
man NAV acquire the knack OF writing
readable English, no amount of persever-
ance. without imagination, viii make
novelist.
1t il true that some writers appear to
succeed at the first attempt. Like By
ron, they walsen and find themselves fam
GUS. These instances are. however, very
few, and when careful inquisition is
made it will generally he found that there
was previous preparation, and that sue
cess was preceded by failure Charlotte
Bronte sprung ut bound into the first
rank of living novelists; but her great
natural gifts had been assiduously culti-
waited for years, From her very child
hood she had been studying the art of
fiction and writing works of imagination.
The late Hugh Conway is another in
stance of the same sort, though his genius
was of far inferior order. His ''Called
Back" took the country by storm and
created rage for shilling horrors; which
is only now beginning to subside. Yet,
though Called Back was the first work
he published, it was not by a long way
the first he wrote. He must have had
quite large stock ON hand; two, / think,
have been published since his death; and
/ know publisher who refused one of
Hugh Conway's stories years before the
public heard of his existence.
1t would thus appear that to profit by
authorship. in the ordinary sense of the
word, something more is required than a
mere shutting of the eyes and an opening
of the mouth. There must be special
aptitude, patience, perseverance and in
dtlstry. These. with a love of literature
for its own sake, will probably he suffi-
Gent in ordinary circumstances to insure
"A fair measure of success. Brilliant sue
cess and enduring fame are for genius
alone. and the man who hopes to make a
fortune by his pen must be sanguine in
deed. True. Scott did great things in
that way. Dickens accumulated $780,
600 land killed himself in the effort and
Trollope sold for $4,000 apiece novels
that he wrote in two months.
But it is not every novelist that pos
sesses the genius of Dickens or the fertil-
ity of Trollope, and there is at present
probably not one English writer who can
command the prices that he readily OBJ
tanned. More novels are now written
than ever, and the average price paid to
authors has suffered woful diminution.
1 have been told that when The London
Graphic began its prosperous career, its
proprietors paid as much as 81 800 for
the serial rights of its long stories. They
now seldom pay more than a third of that
sum.-The Cosmopolitan.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-28
PICK DAVIS MAGNETIC TABLE

a Piece nj Furniture which tie
Owner Won Thousands
For ten years past there has stood in
the corner of the billiard room of the
principal hotel in this town a rickety old
card table. Its worthlessness caused il
to remain i'm the place during the changes
of the hotels many proprietorships- 1t
was a round table covered with AN old
gray army blanket, tackled to the edge
through a long strip Of leather. At
regular distances were four pieces of tin
clunsily nailed down for the players to
lay their lighted cigars on In late years
its four rudely made legs were so shaky
that no one cared to teeter his chips on
the table, and it was chiefly used by the
guests to throw their coats and hats on
when they went to their meals For a
long time the present proprietor always
said when he looked at the table that he
intended to clear it out tomorrow and
get a new one" but somehow this was
not done until lately; perhaps then only
because people began to tear their coats
on the nails, and their impromptu re-
marks on the subject tended to compi
cate matters.
1t was after double barrel explosion
of this kind the other day that the pro-
prietor told his bartender to cut the cover
off the table and make kindling wood of
the cussed thing. The bartender whipped
out his wife and began to carve the
blanket. He had just made one savage
slash and had started a second when his
knife struck against something metallic.
He then ripped the cover off and found a
steel plate nine inches long and six
inches wide. which was set flush into the
Lat g.
the edge and pierced with u dozen holes.
Every one wondered what it was for, and
an old townsman remembered that the
table had been brought there from Vir-
ginia City years ago, and presumed it
was used in the early days to play some
kind of cribbage. Ven the table began
to be chopped up light was thrown on
the character of the table; for underneath
the top, concealed ON little shelf by
one of the legs, were a small battery,
coils of wire and some complicated ma
chinery connected with one of the tin
plates. These were covered with rust
and dust.
Then the old tOwnsman woke up and
remembered seeing in days gone by man
named Pick Davis win 1000 at dice on
that very table, from a cattle man, in
about fifteen seconds, besides picking up
sundry thousands and hundreds at other
times from those who were gambingly in
clincd. Two drinks also caused the old
townsman to suddenly recollect that
Davis came down to Muscel Slough-as
Hanford was called then-fron Virginia
City with n big reputation as dip
clucker," and the boys came in from far
and near to buck him. 1t was said that
Davis had won over 800, 900 at dice in
the mines. where he was called Lucky
Pick AS he was not found out in his
play he is alive to-day, but he has changed
his name and OWLS a big ranch in the San
Joaquin valley. Soft is seen that one way
to wealth and responsibility has been for
a s'sure thing man, in the discovery of
a magnetic outfit to do up people with
dice. and not To get caught because he got
in his work single handed. -Hanford
Call Cor. New York Sun.